Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the Health, Safety and Quality standards and policies for projects in the region and an active promoter and initiator of improvements on SHE and Quality performance of projects
- Provide input to the continuous improvement of the global standards, global tooling and global templates regarding projects
- Drive continuous improvement and innovation in the Vopak Project methodologies as well as drive project Innovations for construction safety and productivity such as computer vision
- Promotes and develops standardization over the projects for all regions
- Support controls manager to Implement data acquisition, analysis and project control systems - to allow proactive and informed governance
- Maintain overview of the Project Workload lookahead
- Monitor and influence the staffing of Project Manager positions in the BUs for complex projects based on qualifications and experience
- Support the development and maintenance of the Global Lessons Learned, Statistics and Norms library
- Support the development and maintenance of the D2C digital process
- Onboarding and coaching of PMs within the region
- Coaching of Project Owners within the region
- Attend Steerco’s and other Governance activities
- Track project performance and intervene where required
- SIP, FIP reviews and tender board attendance within the region
- Support Global Project Community Forums and discussions
- Maintain connection with Industry Partners to collaborate on Industry Best Practices for Project Execution (IPMA, PMI, PMP accreditation)
- Monitor the regional skillpool and implement the Project Managers seniority accreditation system
- Analyze the Project Funnel, complexities, locations and identify issues and recommendation with the Project Owners with regards to team requirements
- Maintain sponsor-level relationship with staffing agencies for Projects in the region
- Support the development of career path archetypes for project personnel within Vopak
Requirements:
- 10-15 years of experience in a role of project manager or project director in the process industry. Proven track records in: front-end development, basic and detailed engineering, project management planning, stakeholder management, project controls, contracts management, and construction management & safety
- Ability to work and engage team members and stakeholders, cross generation and cross culture
- Excellent communication skills in English, both written and spoken. Local language proficiency is an advantage
- Self propelling, entrepreneurial with grit and determination
- Good social skills, connects easily with business, develops Vopak networks, inspires and facilitates people
- International mindset with willingness and ability to travel
